Handsome girl, wonderfully handsome girl, don't you think so, Scott ?" "I do, sir," said John, reddening.
"You and she--going to Chastel about same time.

Remarkable coincidence, but nothing in it, of course, just coincidence." "It's not a coincidence, sir.

You've always been a friend to me.

Captain Colton, and I'm willing to tell you that I've sought this mission to Chastel because Mademoiselle Julie Lannes is there, or is going there, and for no other reason whatever.

I'm afraid she's in danger, and anyway I long for a sight of her face as we long for the sun after a storm." Captain Colton, with his cigarette poised between his thumb and forefinger, looked John up and down.
"Good!" he said.